30 Questions To Ask A Serverless Fanboy
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30 Questions To Ask A Serverless Fanboy

Everyone is hot under the collar again. So-called serverless or no-ops services are popping up everywhere allowing you to deploy “just code” into the cloud. Not only won’t you have to login to a server, you won’t even have to know they’re there. In this guide, I’m going to provide you with 30 questions that…

DB2 SQL Error SQLCODE 551 SQLSTATE 42501 | Solved
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DB2 SQL Error SQLCODE 551 SQLSTATE 42501 | Solved

If you’re getting DB2 SQL Error SQLCODE 551 SQLSTATE 42501, chances are your user account doesn’t have the required privilege. Perhaps, you use a different user account from other clients. So, try to grant access to the account you’re using to run the query. The actual error message here is the SQLCODE -551, which corresponds…

8 Questions to Ask an AWS Expert
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8 Questions to Ask an AWS Expert

If you’re headhunting a cloud computing expert, specifically someone who knows Amazon Web Services (AWS) and EC2, you’ll want to have a battery of questions to ask them to assess their knowledge.  As with any technical interview focus on concepts and the big picture.  As the 37Signals folks like to say “hire for attitude, train for skill”. Absolutely!…

What Does the Fight Between Palantir & NYPD Mean for Your Data?
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What Does the Fight Between Palantir & NYPD Mean for Your Data?

In a recent buzzfeed piece, NYPD goes to the mat with Palantir over their data. It seems the NYPD has recently gotten cold feet. As they explored options, they found an alternative that might save them a boatload of money. They considered switching to an IBM alternative called Cobalt. And I mean this is Silicon Valley, what…